[blindlaw] nfb currency resolution from 1994

[Ford, Tim (DHS-OLS)]

From another list.  With this, and the 1997 Congressional resolution, it
seems that the current position on accessible currency has gone through
a fair amount of change.  
 
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Subject: [disability-civil-rights] nfb currency resolution from 1994



NFB Currency Resolution 1994 (Res. 94-07)

Resolution 94-07

 

WHEREAS, the United States Department of the Treasury is examining
alternatives to the present currency for the purposes of making
counterfeiting more difficult

and for making currency more compatible with modern technology; and

 

WHEREAS, revisions to the present currency may include variations in
color, raised markings, bar coding, or other electronically readable
formats; and

 

WHEREAS, it is a widespread misconception that blind people cannot
handle their own money because they cannot see it; and

 

WHEREAS, it is beyond dispute that blind people can, in fact, handle
their own money; however, bills which can be identified by other than
conventional

print could be more convenient for everyone, may be a necessity to
safeguard against counterfeiting, and may be desirable to take the best
advantage of

evolving technology: Now, therefore,

 

BE IT RESOLVED by the National Federation of the Blind in Convention
assembled this seventh day of July, 1994, in the City of Detroit,
Michigan, that this

organization express the interest of blind people in the discussion of a
modernized form of currency so that any changes which may eventually be
made will

include methods of identifying money by other than strictly visual
means; and

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Federation, notwithstanding its
expressed interest in the ultimate decisions on currency changes, do all
in its power correctly

to inform the public that blind people can and do successfully handle
money in its present form.

http://www.nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/convent/resol94.htm

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>From another list.  With this, and the 1997 Congressional resolution, it seems that the current position on accessible currency has gone through a fair amount of change. 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From:
disability-civil-rights at yahoogroups.com [mailto:disability-civil-rights at yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of
joe harcz
Sent:
Saturday, December 16, 2006 1:21 PM
To:
blind democracy List
Cc:
acb-chat at acb.org; Michigan Comm for the Blind Vision 20/20 List
Subject:
[disability-civil-rights] nfb currency resolution from 1994
NFB Currency Resolution 1994 (Res. 94-07)
Resolution 94-07
 
WHEREAS, the United States Department of the Treasury is examining alternatives to the present currency for the purposes of making counterfeiting more difficult
and for making currency more compatible with modern technology; and
 
WHEREAS, revisions to the present currency may include variations in color, raised markings, bar coding, or other electronically readable formats; and
 
WHEREAS, it is a widespread misconception that blind people cannot handle their own money because they cannot see it; and
 
WHEREAS, it is beyond dispute that blind people can, in fact, handle their own money; however, bills which can be identified by other than conventional
print could be more convenient for everyone, may be a necessity to safeguard against counterfeiting, and may be desirable to take the best advantage of
evolving technology: Now, therefore,
 
BE IT RESOLVED by the National Federation of the Blind in Convention assembled this seventh day of July, 1994, in the City of Detroit, Michigan, that this
organization express the interest of blind people in the discussion of a modernized form of currency so that any changes which may eventually be made will
include methods of identifying money by other than strictly visual means; and
 
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Federation, notwithstanding its expressed interest in the ultimate decisions on currency changes, do all in its power correctly
to inform the public that blind people can and do successfully handle money in its present form.
http://www.nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/convent/resol94.htm
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